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LEICESTER CITY 2 Vardy (32) Morgan (52) SWANSEA CITY 1 Fer (80)

JAMIE VARDY’S first goal this season set Leicester on their way to the first victory of their League title defence as Swansea were beaten at the King Power Stadium.

Vardy, the champions’ leading scorer last term with 24 goals, got off the mark for the new campaign in typical fashion by emphatically finishing a lovely Leicester move.

Captain Wes Morgan doubled the lead early in the second half before Riyad Mahrez saw a penalty saved by Lukasz Fabianski and Leroy Fer headed a goal back for Swansea late on.

In the opening minute, Shinji Okazaki poked out a leg to reach Robert Huth’s flick-on from a Christian Fuchs long throw but was unable to get a telling contact.

Mahrez curled free-kick over the crossbar after Federico Fernandez had brought down Vardy right on the edge of the penalty area in the 10th minute.

Leicester enjoyed a period of sustained pressure midway through the first half, which saw Danny Drinkwater glance a header across the face of goal and a Vardy pull back from the byline scrambled clear.

Leicester were knocking on the door but Swansea remained a threat on the break and Gylfi Sigurdsson twice worked Kasper Schmeichel either side of the half-hour mark. In the 32nd minute, Leicester took the lead with a goal that had more than an echo of last season about it.

Daniel Amartey was N’Golo Kante-esque in tracking back to tackle and win the ball. He played a one-two with Drinkwater just in front of his own penalty area before playing a ball up to Mahrez, who cushioned a header back to Drinkwater.

Then, as we saw many times last season, Drinkwater dropped a pass behind the Swansea defence for Vardy to